Paris, BnF, lat. 3842A
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 3842A |
| Century | saec. IX med or 3/4 |
| Provenance | |
| Place of origin | perhaps Paris (Mordek) |
| European region of origin | Northern France |
| Collection | Collectio Quesnelliana |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Bischoff number | 4281 on p. 90 |
| Author | Lotte Kéry |
Paris, BnF, lat. 3842A is a copy of the Collectio Quesnelliana (fol. 25r-164r) with an appendix also found in Paris, BnF, lat. 1454 and Paris, BnF, lat. 1458. The material fol. 8r-24v also has parallels in Paris, BnF, lat. 1454.
Codicology and history
According to Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium p. 438 it was written in the middle or third quarter of the ninth century, perhaps in Paris. It was at Beauvais in the 15th century and still there when Hardouin used the manuscript, as Vanspauwen p. 591 pointed out (pace Kéry, Collections p. 27).
The manuscript was used by Quesnel alongside Oxford, Oriel College Library, 42 for his edition of the Quesnelliana.
Content
The following overview is based on the very detailed analysis of Jacqueline Rambaud-Buhot, revised by Jacqueline Sclafer (see https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc61810g); for the appendix on fol. 164r-185v, see Stüber.
- fol. 1r-8r: texts on the first six councils, the definition of "canon" (Isidore), and the Canones Apostolorum; conciliar canons; glosses on Dionysio-Hadriana; Osius of Cordoba
- fol. 8r-22v extracts from the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana, the same ones as in Paris, BnF, lat. 1454, fol. 12v-33v
- fol. 22r-22v Isidore's preface
- fol. 22v-24v Constitutum Silvestri; also in Paris, BnF, lat. 1454
- fol. 25r-164r Collectio Quesnelliana
- fol. 164r-191r Appendix of diverse materials, mainly conciliar canons but also penitential material, letters by Silverus, Leo I, and Gregory I, and episcopal letters. It includes:
- fol. 180r-v Scintillae de canonibus
- fol. 185v-187r Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua
- fol. 190r-191r Notitia provinciarum et civitatum Galliarum
Literature
Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform p. 239.- Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium p. 438-439.- Stüber, Scintillae de canonibus.- Vanspauwen, Review of Hoskin.
